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FLOAT FOR WATER CLOSET VALVES- No. 276,436. Patented Apr. 24, 1883.

N. PETERS. Phuwulho u he WashFnglon, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. LORD AND ROBERT E. DAY, OF HARTFORD, CONN., ASSIGNORS TO THE HARTFORD SANITARY PLUMBING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FLOAT FOR WATER-CLOS ET VALVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,436, dated April 24, 1883. Application filed July 12, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, HENRY S. LORD and ROBERT E. DAY, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented new Improvements in Floats for Water-Closet Valves; and we do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a side view Fig. 2, a vertical central section.

This invention relates 'to the construction of a float to operate the valve in water-closets, such as known as the Hartford Sanitary Closet, and in which the inflow of water is checked by means of a float arranged in a chamber adjacent to and in connection with the closet-bowl, whereby when the water in the bowl is raised to a certain elevation it will lift the float and cut off the inflow; or, when the water is drawn off, the float is of sufficient weight to open the inlet-valve and permit the inflow of water. If the float be made in the usual manner, from sheet metal, it will corrode more or less, because of its contact with the water, and the unavoidable gases which must, to a greater or less extent, enter the chamber around the float. This corrosion sooner or later destroys the metal to such an extent as to permit water to enter the float, after which it is useless. A coating upon the metal will not prevent such corrosion or injury to the float.

The object of this invention is the construction of a float which will obviate these difliculties; and it consists essentially in a float made complete from glass, which is not affected by the influences so detrimental to ametal float, the said float constructed with a neck combined with a metal socket secured to the neck, and by which socket it is secured to the lever, as more fully hereinafter described, and with a neck combined with a metal socket secured thereto for attachment to the lever, as more fully hereinafter described.

A represents the float, which is spherical in form, or substantially the usual shape for 7 this class of floats. It is blown through a neck,

B, made as thin as practicable, so as to insure the requisite floating property. The neck B projects radially from thetop, and to this the attaching device is applied. This attaching device consists of a cup-shaped socket, C, the opening of which is a little larger than the neck B, so as to set over the neck. The neck is preferably made inverted-trustum-ofcone 6o shape,'as seen in Fig. 2. The inside of the socket is constructed with inwardly-projectin g ribs or lugs a on the upper or closed end of the socket. It is provided with a loop, D, or other device by which it may be attached to 6 the valve-lever. The socket is secured to the neck by first placing plaster-of-paris, in a moistened state, around the neck, and then setting the socket over, the plaster flowing around the lugs a, and, because of the inverted 7o conical shape of the neck and of the projections at, so soon as the plaster is set the socket is firmly secured.

It is well known that water or gases from sewers or water-closets have no eifect upon 7 5 glass, not even to stain or color it, as is the case with porcelain or porcelain-covered articles; hence this float remains perfectly clean, and retains its natural condition so long as it is in use, irrespective of water or outside influ- 8o ences.

We claim- The hollow body A, made from glass, and constructed with a neck, B, combined with a metal socket, C, secured to said neck, and con- 8 5 structed for attachment to the lever, substantially as described.

HENRY S. LORD. ROBERT E. DAY. Witnesses:

W. L. MATSON, J. C. ABBOT. 

